bureau - desks
Bureau. A desk, with a sloping fall front lid supported, when in use, by lopers or chains. Less commonly. the bureau may have a tambour top or roll top. Bureaux have been made from the late 17th century. The interior of the desk was fitted with small drawers and pigeonholes. The lower part of the cabinet may consist either of drawers or cupboard space.
A bureau is distinguished from a secretaire by the method of concealment of the writing surface. A secretaire, which serves much the same purpose, usually has the writing section disguised as a drawer, that may be pulled out and the writing surface let down on brass quadrant slides
A bureau is distinguished from a secretaire by the method of concealment of the writing surface. A secretaire, which serves much the same purpose, usually has the writing section disguised as a drawer, that may be pulled out and the writing surface let down on brass quadrant slides
111 item(s) found, 1-50 shown:
A late Georgian oak fall front bureau, with filled interior and well. Two short and two long drawers above bracket feet. Replaced hardware. Height 103 cm. Width 91 cm. Depth 51 cm
A French 19th century fruit wood bureau with fitted interior and square tapering legs.
A French mahogany Louis XVI style 19th century bureau en Pente, with a brass gallery above a folding front painted in Vernis Martin style below two drawers on fluted, turned tapering legs. Automata fold out mechanism.…
A French Louis XVI style mahogany bureau a Cylindre, with a brass gallery above a cylindrical front with satinwood banding enclosing small drawers, below a pair of frieze drawers flanked by ormolu corbels on tapering turned fluted legs.…
Vintage French cherrywood bureau chest. 92 cm wide, 94 cm high, 46 cm deep
Georgian drop-front English oak bureau, c.1800 with walnut cross banding and fitted interior stationery compartments, over four lower drawers, upon bracket feet height: 107 cm; width 91 cm;. Depth 46 cm
A teak bureau, 76 cm wide, 49 cm deep, 104 cm high
Queensland maple Dropfront bureau cupboard. Height 139 cm. Width 84 cm D 30 cm
A 19th century brass bound teak campaign bureau 60 cm wide 37 cm deep 31 cm high
A superb marquetry serpentine front bombe bureau, circa 1820,…
A Victorian kingwood Louis XV bureau de Dame, probably a London cabinet maker, the top with brass gallery, above a glazed door flanked by small drawers, below ormolu banding, three frieze drawers, on scrolled supports with ormolu caryatids.…
A George I oak bureau, the rectangular top with fall front enclosing an arrangement of drawers and pigeon holes and well, above two short and two long graduated drawers, raised on later bun feet, in two sections 103 cm wide x 60 cm deep x 102 cm high
A Georgian mahogany Fallfront bureau, with four drawers above ogee bracket feet, the architectural interior with numerous drawers and pigeonholes. Satinwood inlays. Restoration to drawer. Height 110 cm. Width 1070. Diameter 55 cm
A George II burr walnut bureau, the rectangular top above a drop front writing surface enclosing an interior fitted with drawers, pigeon holes and storage compartments,…
A Scandinavian Biedermeier mahogany bureau, circa 1860, the mahogany veneered bureau with one drawer above a drop down leather surfaced writing surface and fitted interior over double doors and a plinth base. Height 137 cm. Width 94 cm.. Depth 38 cm
An important George IV satinwood painted cylinder front bureau, maker W. M Ealy and W. M Dearn.…
A late 18 century French oak bureau, 104 cm wide, 50 cm deep, 108 cm high
Chest on chest mahogany with bureau desk c1880's
A French Louis XV style kidney shaped kingwood and floral marquetry decorated bureau de dame
A French Louis XV style kingwood bureau de dame, the fall with a cartouche of floral marquetry on cabriole supports with ormolu sabots
Bureau chest Secretair 'A' Abatant mahogany on three drawers c1880's
Bureau Biedemeir style late 19th century mahogany cylinder top on three drawers fitted interior with multiple drawers under matching three door top
An Edwardian light mahogany and satinwood crossbanded and shell motif inlaid bureau with oak interior, 75 cm wide, 42 cm deep, 95 cm high
A mahogany pedestal bureau badged 'T. Simpson & Sonss cabinet makers Halifax' 20th century 153 cm wide 58 cm deep 133 cm high
A French 19th century Louis XV style bureau de dame the fall with parquetry decoration and ormolu banding below a drawer with scrolled ormolu handles on cabriole supports with under shelf. Height 95 cm. Length 47 cm. Depth 32 cm
A George III mahogany bureau the fall front above four long drawers 107 cm wide 106 cm high
A George III oak fall front bureau, the hinged fall front opening to a fitted interior above four graduated with ornate pierced brass handles, bracket feet 96 cm wide, 52 cm deep, 107 cm high
A French kingwood ladies writing bureau c.1890 with gilt metal mounts and inlaid marquetry veneers depicting flowers and foliage. Height 130 cm
A Louis XVI style scarlet tortoiseshell and boulle bureau En Pent, the three quarter gallery edged top above a gilt metal mounted serpentine fall front opening to a fitted interior with string inlaid document slide,…
A very stylish mirrored bureau with satin birch interior and ebonised legs French, circa 1940. 22.5 x 34.5 x 74.5 cm
A miniature William & Mary style late 19th century bureau on four bulbous supports with an x stretcher. Height 52 cm. Width 42 cm. Depth 89 cm
A French provincial style oak bureau, the foliate carved and panelled fall front opening to a fitted interior, above two shaped drawers a serpentine apron, raised on cabriole legs, 103 x 105 x 46 cm
A cedar bureau Australian 19th century 96 cm wide, 96 cm high
Victorian flame mahogany bureau, with two short and two long cockbanded drawers, with fitted secretaire top. Chip to top right corner of fallfront door. Height 109 cm. Width 105 cm. Depth 54 cm
A French Empire style gilt metal mounted kingwood bureau, the tambour top opening to an arrangement of short drawers, above a hinged felt writing surface, raised on fluted legs 68 x 87. 5 x 43 cm
A Louis XVI style painted kingwood and gilt metal mounted bureau En Pent, the three-quarter gallery edged top above a serpentine hinged fall front painted with a scene of a gallant and a lady in a rustic landscape scene within a gilt metal surround,…
A George III oak bureau, the hinged fall front opening to a fitted interior with pigeon hole drawers and a cupboard, above an arrangement of two short and three long graduated drawers with brass drop ring handles and escutcheons,
A late Victorian mahogany bureau cabinet, the broken pediment above two shelves with a mirrored back,…
A French Empire fall front secretaire in birch and ebonised wood standing on stepped square section feet, the lower bureau with two cupboards opening to shelving and a drawer above the fall front,…
Antique mahogany cylinder bureau with fitted interior and slide out section
A South Australian Germanic design collector?…
A good George II walnut bureau, English, 81 x 50 x 97 cm
A George III mahogany bureau, English, 98 x 53 x 103 cm
George III mahogany bureau fall front writing surface revealing fitted interior of small drawers and pigeonholes, four graduated cockbeaded drawers below, on bracket feet
A Louis Philippe plum pudding mahogany cylinder front bureau de dame, with frieze drawers, the cylinder front enclosing drawers on square tapering legs. Height 108 cm. Length 88 cm. Depth 49 cm
A French Louis XVI style 19th century kingwood bureau de dame, the upper section with gallery and cross banded drawers, below a pair of frieze drawers flanked by ormolu corbels on tapering supports. Height 120 cm. Length 80 cm. Depth 50 cm
A 19th century fine French bureau de dame with brass galleried top and parquetry decoration, the fall front with well and fitted interior on cabriole legs with gilt metal mounts. Height 91 cm. Length 72 cm. Depth 51 cm.
A George II mahogany bureau, the fall front enclosing an arched door flanked by pigeon holes with a sham well, below four graduated drawers, on bracket feet. Depth 55 cm. Length 94 cm. Height 106 cm.
A George I walnut bureau cabinet, the ogee moulded cornice above a pair of mirrored doors enclosing two shelves and three small drawers above two candle slides,…
An Edwardian fiddle back mahogany and satinwood banded cylinder bureau, in the George III style,…